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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Since becoming a prolific canner of strawberry jam and cucumbers over the past couple of years, I've amassed quite a stash of mason jars. A couple of months ago I stumbled upon The Ribbon Jar, a shop that sells all sorts of pretty ribbons and trims. And best of all, they package their pretties in mason jars! Super cute, right?

I was inspired to adapt this idea for my business. I'm setting up my Retro Revival tent at the Great American Pie Festival this weekend. It's my favorite show ~ swarming with happy people eating from the "Never Ending Pie Buffet" and shopping aprons and other beautifully made products, including organic soap and spa goodies from my friend Paula Parrish.

For the Pie Festival, I'm rolling up some of my aprons into mason jars and attaching my yummy pie recipies:

My Retro Revival sticker, that I normally use in packaging my products, fits perfectly on the jar lids:

Thinking I may display them on, in, or along side my vintage picnic hamper:

I adore how they look! Hoping my customers will too!

This is my last April blog post so be sure to share a comment so you're entered to win this...

...vintage tray! I'll randomly draw a winner from all of your April comments on the 30th ~ good luck!

Thank you so much for popping in for a visit! It means so much to me! Oh, how I love your jars full of goodies..and, especially, the one chocked full of pink beribboned goodness! Your blog is such a delight...I love any mention of aprons...I'm afraid that my classic gift is always an apron! I can't help myself...Aprons are so sweet, old fashioned and homey!Blessings,Carolynn x x x

Hi Cindy! Now that I've seen your shop, so I can choose what I want and you have me here in Brazil, is not it? Cool! You're from Orlando ... cool! I was there in September last year, me and my family, we love Cindy! We went to Disney parks, Tampa, Celebration ... all beautiful! Wait I'll soon be doing my orders, I can not wait! Have a blessed sixth! hugs Lucia

I think this is a great idea. If possible, you could have a sketch or photo of the apron on the tag so everyone knows what it looks like.Love your pot mitts too and displaying them in a pot is perfect.Good luck with your show!

Celebrity Wedding Planner MINDY WEISS

My name is Cindy and I would really love to write that I live a glamorous, exotic and mysterious life, traveling the world and lounging on the beaches of Monte Carlo. In reality, I was a city-dwelling (DC and Atlanta) human resource executive for 25 years who gave that all up to become an independent artisan and farm hand.
I’ve officially joined the “country club,” that is, I’ve traded in my sleek convertible Thunderbird for a pickup truck, traffic snarls for unpaved roads, cocktail parties for working the pasture, and my gym membership for running screaming from snakes, bears, bobcats and wild boar! My old, daily routine of corporate hair, makeup and suits has been replaced with Crocs, Chapstick and bug spray and I spend my days creating treasures from my growing horde (obsession) of vintage textiles.
I will admit that occasionally, while cleaning the chicken coop (translation = mucking up the chicken poo), I nostalgically miss my pearls and heels, and wonder how I ended up here ~ then I think, pft!, my now rural, retro reality beats the rat race of my former urban life any day!